Marker attachment for planters



(No Model.)

B. B. GUENZEL. MARKER ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

No. 589,502. Patented Sept. 7,1897.

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EDIVARD B. GUENZEL, OF TRACY, IOIVA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,502, datedSeptember 7, 1897. Application filed February 27, 1896. Serial No.581,001. (No model.)

To a whom it 'nmy concern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD B. GUENZEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Tracy, in the county of Marion,in the State of Iowa,have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Gage-PoleRope-Standards on Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanyin g drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments for corn-planterssuch as employ agage or marking pole, the object of the invention beingto provide simple and eflicient means whereby the gage or marking polecan be readily shifted from one side to the other of the machine withoutinterference of the rope or chain which sustains the gage 0r pole withthe lines or reins, my improvement serving also to guide said lines orreins and prevent them from becoming crossed or confused when in use.

ith this object in View the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of aportion of a cornplanter, showing the application of my improvementsthereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the standard. Fig. 3 is a view of amodification.

A represents aportion of a corn-planter, and B the gage 0r marking pole,which latter maybe of any preferred form of construction and pivoted tothe planter-frame in the usual manner.

A standard 0 is mounted at a convenient place on the planter-frame, butpreferably on the tongue or pole D, as shown in the drawings,saidstandard being of a height sufficient to extend above the normalposition occupied by the driving lines or reins E. The standard may beconveniently and cheaply made of rod-iron bent to form an elongatedtriangle comprising a horizontal member a to be sooured to the pole ortongue D or other con- Venient part of the machine-frame and uprightmembers a a,united at the apex of the triangle. The standard 0 isprovided at its upper extremity with an eye I), and to said upper end ofthe standard, one end of a brace-rod c is secured, the other end of saidbrace-rod being bolted to the pole or tongue D and thus serve to assistin maintaining the standard in a fixed upright position. A gage rope orchain F is loosely attached at one end to the eye I) at the top of thestandard,and at its other end said rope or chain is attached to the gageor marking pole B, preferably at a point at or near the free endthereof.

It will be observed that the standard 0 is located centrally on themachine,so that the upper end will project between the driving lines orreins E, thus forming a guide for said lines or reins and preventingthem from becoming crossed, confused, or tangled when in use.

From the construction and arrangement of parts above described it willbe seen that the attachment for the gage rope or chain F to the machineis disposed above the position-which the lines or reins normally assume,or in other words the driving lines or reins are always below theattachment of the gage-rope t0 the machine. By means of thisconstruction I am enabled to shift the gage or marking pole on itspivoted support from one side of the machine to the other without anypossibility of the rope or chain F, which sustains said gage or markingpole, interfering with the drivinglines or reins E and without thenecessity for removing or handling any other part of the machine.

I do not wish to confine myself to the precise form of standard abovedescribed, as the details of construction of said standard may be variedWithout departing from the spirit of my invention or limiting its scope.For instance, a standard G, Fig. 3, might be employed and provided atits lower end with angle-irons d d, disposed at the respective sides ofthe tongue or pole D and having theirhorizontal members pivotallyconnected thereto by means of a suitable bolt c, or a standard may befastened to the seed-boxes by bending it in a suitable curve.

My improvements are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, andeffectual in all respects in the performance of'their f unctions.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire toseen re by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a corn-planterand its pivoted gage or markingpole, of a standard mounted on the machine and terminating at its upperend at a point above the position normally occupied by the lines orreins and a rope or chain connected at one end to said standard so as toextend over the lines and at its other end to the gage or marking pole,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a eornplan ter and its pivoted gage or markingpole, of a standard located centrally on the machine so as to projectbetween the driving lines or reins and terminate above the same, and aloose connection between the upper end of said standard and the gage ormarking pole, substantially as set forth.

EDNARD B. GUENZEL.

, \Vitnesses:

JOHN II. METTLER, CHARLES F. ISRAEL.

